Barbershop sound
The crossword clue "Barbershop sound" is answered by SNIP, a 4-letter entry. Used 80 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 24 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
SNIP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SNIP answer page.
Used 80 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 24 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SNIP
Every other clue in this pilot answered by SNIP, most used first.
- Scissors sound - used 135 times, most recently in 2026
- Salon sound - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
- Quick cut - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
- Use scissors - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
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